Re: AP Physics Experiments List

[Herbert H Gottlieb <herbgottlieb@JUNO.COM>]

But why leave out:
Archimedes ?
Aristotle ?
Diesel ?
Fahrenheit ?
Kelvin ?
Celsius ?
Pascal?
Galileo ?
Fresnel ?
Lenz ?
Compton ?

Herb Gottlieb from New York City
(But I'll be in Boston for the rest of the week at the NSTA conference)
See me at the Metrologic Laser exhibit booth and at the laser workshop
Sunday, March 28 9 -10:30 AM  Room 311 at the convention center

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On Tue, 23 Mar 1999 22:40:14 -0500 Samuel Held <Held@RHIP.PHYS.UTK.EDU>
writes:  Brian,
>        Not to be mean, but I think some of these are a little too
> much for the kids in AP Physics.  I assume with Modern Physics that this

> is the B exam so they have to memorize a ton already.  I took the B in
> 1992
> and didn't even know about 75% of those experiments.
>        I agree with you on Thomson and half-heartedly with
> Frank-Hertz
> (complex equipment for HS students) and Davison-Germer (lattice
> structure of crystal due to interference pattern of electrons passing
> thru crystals - proof that matter is also a wave).  For those and
> also
> Becqueral, Roentgen, and Curie - I would suggest knowing only the
> discoveries.  Also, might want to remember Pauli (Exclusion
> principle)
> and Bohr (model of atom - whoops, Pandora's box).  I might also
> mention
> Enrico Fermi (predicted neutrino and first fission reaction). Mine to
> definitely include are:
>
> Michelson-Morley - C is a constant in all frames and no aether in
> outer
> space
> Einstein - Photoelectric Effect - light is a particle
> Young's Double Slit - Light is a wave
>
> No more right now.
>
>
> Sam Held
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian McInnes [mailto:mcinnes@PHYSICS.USYD.EDU.AU]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 8:43 PM
> To: PHYS-L@LISTS.NAU.EDU
> Subject: Re: AP Physics Experments List
>
>
> Tony,
> What about:
> Becqueral - investigation into x-rays leading to discovery of
> radioactivity
> Cuies - discovery of new elements
> Thomson - measurment of e/m ratio
> Hertz -discovery of radio waves
> Geiger and Marsden - alpha particle scattering
> Frank and Hertz - energy levels in an atom
> Davisson and Germer - electron diffraction
> Joule - paddle wheel (and temperature increase for water in a
> waterfall)
> Josephson -barrier tunnelling:Josephson junction
> Gabor - holography
> Glaser - bubble chamber
> Mossbauer -resonance absorption of gamma rays
> Landau - work with liquid helium
>
> Brian McInnes
>
>
>
> > I teach AP Physics at our school. I was trying to come with a list
> of
> > experiemtns for my studnets to study for the AP exam. I want them to
> know who
> > did, what is demonstrated, how the calculations were done and the
> physical
> > setup. Can you think of any experiments other than the one's below?
> >
> > Cavindish -"G"
> > Millikin -elementary charge
> > Rutherford -Nucleus
> > Compton -x-ray scattering
> >
> >
> > -tony
> > --
> > =========================================================
> > Tony Wayne
> > Those that can, do.
> > wayne@pen.k12.va.us
> Those that
> > understand, teach.